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I VFIBLD' STOVE AND KIT. No. 264,627. 7 Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

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2 +u e flu h S s t e e h s 2 D R 0 P n I L O u d o M o m FIELD STOVE ANDKIT.

Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER GLIFFORD, OFFORT BUFQRD, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

Fl ELD-STOVE AND KIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 264,627, datedSeptember 19, 1882,

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER CLIFFORD, of Fort Buford, in the county ofWallette and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Field-Stoves and Kits, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of stoves used in traveling fromplace to placcby soldiers and campers. It is essentially requisite tothe utility of such stoves that they possess the qualities of lightness,compactness, (when packed for transportation,) and capacity for standingrough usage. Furthermore, for army use they must be of such size as toallow the simultaneous cooking of a large quantity of food. t

Heretofore field-stoves have been constructed ofsomethinmaterialsuchassheet-iron. This fulfilled one of the necessaryqualifications, but such stoves, though light, if made of sufficientsize to cook a large quantity of provisions are cumbersome and liable tobe broken by the rough usage they necessarily receive. Add to this that,beside the large amount of space occupied in transportation by the stoveproper, room must be found for all the cooking utensils used inconjunction therewith, and the difflculty of carriage and danger ofbreakage will readily be understood. 1

The object of my invention isto overcome these difficulties and furnisha stove which shall be light, durable, and capable of being packed inthe smallest possible space. I accomplish this, first, by constructingthe stovebody in the form of a parallelopipedon, having removable bottomand top plates; second, in attaching to the rear end of said stove aremovable extension somewhat less in length and of about half of thedepth of said body, said extension having an opening in front coincidingwith a like opening in the upper rear end of the stove, a second openingin the back coinciding with a like opening in the stovepipe, and aremovable top; third, in a stovepipe constructed in two or moresections, said sections decreasing in diameter from the bottom upward,and calculated to fit over each other, and the bottom section providedwith a removable cap to cover its lower end, and having an opening inone side, and flanges formed to the body of the stove.

about said opening to engage with otherflanges made about the rearopening of the aforesaid extension, whereby the pipe is secured to thestove; fourth, in detached ovens provided with open sides designed to beplaced in close proximity to the two sides of the stove; fifth, inreflectors situated in the upper and lower parts of said ovens, andcapable ot'being placed at any desired angle to the stove; sixth, inwires of a peculiar form to sustain the upper reflectors in place;seventh, in removable flanges for the top of the stove and extensioneighth, in various details of construction, allot which will behereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section so asto better illustrate the manner of connecting stove-extension to thestove-body. Fig. 2 is a front end elevation with ovens at the sidesthereof, one of them being in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section ofthe stove-extension. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the stove on linea; m, Fig. 1.

A represents the body of the stove, which is made of sheet charcoal-ironriveted together, and provided with a bottom flange, ('1, upon whichrests the removable bottom b. In the upper rear end of said body is anopening, 0, and on the outside, immediately beneath said opening, isformed a flanged projection, d.

d is aremovable flange fitting over the edges of the body.

B is the stove-extension, having end openings, e f, and provided uponits upper front edge with the hooks g and upon itslower front edge withthe lip h. Said hooks are designed to engage with the upper posterioredge, (1 of the stove-body, and said lip with the flanged projection (1,whereby the extension is secured is provided with a removable topflange, t. On the under side are formed the keepers j, through which theends of the support I; pass, and thus sustain the extension inhorizontal position. About the openingf, on the outside of theextension, are formed the horizontal and vertical flanged projections Z,with which the flanges m, formed on the pipe-section G, engage and holdsaid section in vertical position. The pipe-sections U C 0 decrease indiameter from bottom to top and fit over each The extension also.

other to form tight joints, and the lower end of section is providedwith a removable cap, a. The object of this peculiar feature of myinventionis to allow the sections to be nested, and retain ed in thatposition while being transported.

D D are the ovens, open upon one side and designed to be placed in closeproximity to the sides of the stove-body. Hinged to the back of saidovens are the L-shaped wires 0, said Wires (when drawn outparallel withea h other and with the opposite sides of the ove forming supports forthe bakin'g-pansp.

E are the lower reflectors, set at a angle of forty-five degrees (orthereabout) with the bottom of the ovens, and held in place upon thefront by the feet of the wires 0, and upon the rear by the backs of theovens.

F are the upper reflectors, set at an angle with the top of the oven,held upon their rear edges between the edges of the baking-pan and thebacks of the ovens and upon their front edges by the 'l-shaped wires p.By the use of these reflectors it will readily be seen that nearly allthe radiant heat of the stove may be utilized. The waves of heatentering the upper half of the oven are reflected down upon the foodcontained in the baking-pan, and those entering the lower half arereflected upward upon the bottom of the said pan.

1 is the boiler. 2 3 are the steamer; at, the stewpans; 5, thecoffee-pots; 6, the fry-pan; and q represents a transverse support forthe top stove-plate, r, and 8 represents a similar plate for the top ofthe extension. All of these parts are of such relative proportions as tofit within each other in a certain order, as will be understood from thehereinafter description of the operation of packing said stove, and forma kit but little subject to injury from rough usage and occupying only asmall space.

The mode of operation is as follows, to wit:

. To set up the stove for operation, first dig a trench for an ash-pitabout flve inches wide, four deep, and ten or twelve long. Take ofl theouter cases of the kit, which are ovens having one open side. In theback of these ovens will be found two [shaped wires-bake-pan rests. Turnthese rests so that they willstand parallel to each other, the feetresting on the lower outer edge of the ovens. Slide the lower reflectorunder the feet of these rest-s, so that the back edge of the reflectorwill rest against back of oven, close under the short bend of the rests,so that the reflectors will form angles of forty-five degrees, orthereabout, with the bottoms and backs of the ovens. Place one edge ofthe upper reflectors against the back of the ovens and secure the outeredges by means of the tshaped wire, the acute-angled ends of which passover the outer edges of said reflectors and the right-angled ends overthe outside back edges of the ovens. Put in the bread-pan, and the ovenis ready. Now, turn the stovebody upside down andshake everything out ofit. Place the stove over the ash-pit, fit the leg under extension andattach it (extension) to rear end of stove. Seethat the lip of extensionis resting fairly in the flange designed for it under opening in rearend of stove. Take cap off lower end of lower section of pipe and takeall the sections out of the end and replace cap. Fit lower (large) endof sections 0 on upper (small) end of (J, following this method to thetop or upper joint. Set the ovens upon either side of the stove about aninch from said sides, and with their front ends in line with the frontof the stove. Place the pans, pots, &c., in their ordinary positions,-

and the stove is then ready for action. The pots and pans are heated inthe ordinary manner by conduction, while the radiant heat escaping fromthe sides of the stove-body is caught by the top and bottom reflectorsand turned upon the bake-pans contained in the ovens.

To pack the stove, detach the pipe, remove the cap from bottom section,0, nest the upper sections in their order of size within the bottomsection, and replace cap. Put a coffee-pot on each end of nested pipe,detach extension from the stove, nest the bake-pans, and place thestove-bottom within the same. Fitthe ex tension within the stove, andplace in the extension, first, the fry-pan; second, the steamer, and,third, the boiler. In the boiler place, first, the nested pipe andcofl'ee-pots; second, any small loose articles, such as thereflectorholders, &c.; third, the stew-pans, side by side. In one of thestew-pans place the extensionsupport. Then put on top of these thestewpan covers; next, the extension and stove flanges. Finally, slip allof these within the inside oven, place over them the reflectors, slipover the open side the outside reflector, and the stove is packed readyfor transportation.

By my arrangement and proportion of parts I am enabled to construct astove capable of simultaneously cooking provisions for one hundred men,which, when packed, occupies only a space of thirty by twenty bythirteen inches and weighs but one hundred and fifty pounds.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The stove-bodyA, provided with flange a and removable bottom 12, substantially as andfor the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the body A, provided with the rear opening, 0,flanged projection d, and posterior edge 0?, of the extension B,provided with end openings, 0 f, hooks g, lips h, and projections l, andthe pipe-section (J, provided with the flanges m, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with extension B, of pipe-sections O G 0, whosediameters decrease from bottom to top, and the cap n, substantially asand for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with stove body A,

of ovens D D, provided with pan-supports 0,

' and the reflectors E F, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the oven and the upper reflector, F, of theho1ding-wirep,substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. The within-described field-stove, consisting of stove-body A,extension 13, pipe (3, and

detached ovens D D, provided with reflectors E F, substantially as-andfor the purposes de- 10 scribed.

